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Stupid shit people forgot to mention about parenting

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BlahBl4h · 03/08/2022 22:07

Mine at the moment is just how many times you can be expected to watch the same fucking movie over and over and over and over.

I want to peel my eyes off.

Anyone?

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Supergirl1958 · 05/08/2022 19:29

FictionalCharacter · 03/08/2022 22:15

For at least a year, you won’t be able to drink a hot drink while it’s still hot.

People will give you endless stupid unwanted advice. It’s ok to fantasise about murdering them.

When you’ve changed and washed your baby/ toddler, dressed them nicely and are about to go out, that is a signal to them that they need to do a vast, smelly poo.

@FictionalCharacter

This one made me howl!!! My toddler has a habit of doing this first thing, when we are running late, or my partner is about to move the car forward so i can get him in!!

Answering the question of the OP...the worst one for me is how the putting them into the car seat, or pram becomes a wrestling match which my son often wins!! How i am not a size zero with the effort it takes is beyond ridiculous!!

Then the other one is the reaction of some of the general public when out and about. Last night was my favourite example! I was queuing for street food at a pub off the caravan park i was staying in. Last night of our hols. About 6 or 7 ladies (in one big group) all queuing for food before us and the owner asked did they know what they wanted to which they replied yes, and proceeded to constantly change their minds for the best part of five minutes....all whilst they all rolled their eyes and proceeded to tell me, about my crying and screaming child (who was with his dad) he wants his mum and he doesn't want to wait, and then all spoke under their breaths in Welsh whilst looking in my general direction. Yes my son was impatient, but he was being made to wait.....by you!! They then took their gin glasses and large bottle of wine and retreated inside away from us! 😂

MyBabiesAreCute · 05/08/2022 19:31

A child is a noise with dirt on it.

etcher70 · 05/08/2022 19:33

CrapBag39 · 03/08/2022 22:12

the incessant ‘can I have, can I do, can you do, can we go, I want this, that, everything, now, not now, but you said I could, mummy, mummy, mummy, he said, she did, that’s my one, I don’t want it, it’s mine. On and on and on and on and on forever and ever and ever infinity. 😑

Yes this, endlessly this....

TommyShelby · 05/08/2022 19:37

That you will say things hitherto unuttered by human beings anywhere. Currently top of the list is:

”for the love of god, stop licking the bloody fireplace!!”

Harrysmummy246 · 05/08/2022 19:42

PuttingDownRoots · 03/08/2022 22:12

Having kids is like permanently having a drunk mate... you have to clear up puke in odd places, they do bizarre things and eat strange food combinations.

Also true of dogs. Hence why I have only one child. The 2 dogs are permanently in that phase and squabble over toys etc

HidingFromDD · 05/08/2022 19:44

That when they constantly ask ‘what’s the time’ when they’re literally looking at the clock it’s because what they’re really asking is ‘how much time do I have before xyz’. Wish I’d realised that one sooner
that your mental health will be directly related to the mental health of your most troubled child
That the teenager who threw a tantrum because you’d had the audacity to ask her to fill the dishwasher would one day apologise for being such a pita
That they grow up, and if you keep the faith during toddler and teenage years they ask for help, support or just to hang out because they like you
and that, despite the work, lack of sleep, huge amount of emotional stress, you’d do it all again because they’re awesome

note, mine are young adults now, very much doubt I would have said that during teenage years 😁

ToffeeForEveryone · 05/08/2022 19:44

GuyMontag · 03/08/2022 22:22

You will wonder, for the first time, if it's possible to die from Being Asked Questions.

Then you will wish that it was.

😂

Pebble55 · 05/08/2022 19:59

How useless grandparents are. They all say before the birth 'oh we'd love to babysit'. Then when the baby's actually there they run a mile and only want photographs and a 30 second cuddle.

NowYouTellMe · 05/08/2022 20:01

My Sister is in a quandary

Needwine999 · 05/08/2022 20:02

That it does not get easier as they get older, it is much much harder...........

Justrestingmyeyes1 · 05/08/2022 20:17

That you worry about them just as much now they are 24 and 27 as you did when they were 3 and 6, if not more 🤷🏻‍♀️

JudgeJ · 05/08/2022 20:19

brighteyesburninglikefire · 04/08/2022 19:59

Just how fast your lovely 11 year old daughter, can turn into an accomplished liar at 12. And the absolutely ridiculous things they lie bout
At End Of Tether, the very very very End

I lost counnt of the numbers of parents who, at the end of Year 7, wondered what High School had done to their little dahling, she'd become a horror since starting last September.

Itsybitsytitsy · 05/08/2022 20:19

Nolongerteaching · 04/08/2022 11:09

😁🤣🤣

awaynboilyurheid · 05/08/2022 20:22

That you are ALWAYS mum to them and have to listen to boyfriend/ partner issues/ job issues / housing issues etc etc the worry just goes on and on and on.
If one is fine you can bet the others will be having some drama! They seem to take it in turns

One time my husband said when do we stop worrying about them? The answer from friends with older “children” I use the phrase loosely… is never!
But then you wouldn’t have it any other way!

JudgeJ · 05/08/2022 20:27

SherbertLemonDrop · 05/08/2022 19:02

You will have multiple piles of shit or 'collections' that you have to have on view for everyone to see. Or in the bottom of your bag for years. Rock collection, pine cone collection, feather collection, junk art (cardboard box) collection, (dead) flower collection.

Not to forget the crap that came home from school 40+ years ago that you can't bear to throw out, in later years this will also include grandchildren's efforts. On the top of the bookcase is the candle made by granddaughter, the most phallic looking thing outside an Ann Summers shop.

NothingSurprisesMeAnymore · 05/08/2022 20:33

'That they grow up, and if you keep the faith during toddler and teenage years they ask for help, support or just to hang out because they like you
and that, despite the work, lack of sleep, huge amount of emotional stress, you’d do it all again because they’re awesome' ...
Absolutely - and possibly, one day you may have grandchildren who shout "Grandma" constantly when you step out of the room, just to check you're not far away (Heaven forbid you go to the toilet), and they ask the same questions too!

Bytrgrewd · 05/08/2022 20:45

You will call emergency vehicles “Neenaws” for the rest of your life

Takentomybed · 05/08/2022 20:46

How much you can HATE role play. "Mummy, play shops. Mummy play bionicles. Mummy play schools. No! Not like that! Do it like this!"
For the love of God please can we just fucking colour.

LoveBeingAMum555 · 05/08/2022 20:52

Oh I completely agree with the never stop worrying about them stuff, and once they are young adults their problems tend to be much more intense and difficult to sort out. Also, because they dont actually live with you your imagination goes into overdrive (like when DS1 casually mentions that someone was stabbed on the bus to work yesterday or when DS2 says he drove 200 miles home after a 12 hour day).

However, for anyone having a hard time of it hang in there, I have two amazing grown up sons living their own lives and I love spending time with them. They used to argue like hell over anything but now worship each other and visit each others homes regularly to spend time with each other. And I have my life back and can be me again, it does happen for most of us eventually I promise.

Vapeyvapevape · 05/08/2022 20:59

@Takentomybed yup , I didn't realise that I should have attended RADA in order to play make believe- Mummy, that's not how shopkeepers talk , mummy you're not being a proper princess/dragon/turtle. I tried different accents and apparently turtles speak broad Brummy !

Bunnycat101 · 05/08/2022 21:00

Biggest one for me is all the sympathy for non-sleeping newborns with no acknowledgement or recognition that many people go through years of sleep deprivation. My 3 year old is generally ok but doesn’t sleep well when she’s I’ll so basically I don’t sleep every winter. The other thing no-one tells you is all the illness and how horrid it is trying to look after small people when you’re sick.

all the other small stuff I think pales into insignificance for me compared to sleep and sickness. I’d watch 1000 episodes of bing to have a good run this winter!

Takentomybed · 05/08/2022 21:13

@Vapeyvapevape oh yes the accents and voices haha! And then they decide they like one of the voices/accents/phrases you have said and they want you to do it OVER AND OVER until you are sick of the sound of yourself.

ItsJustLittleOldMe · 05/08/2022 21:16

DONT I repeat DONT complain about how tough life with a newborn is….. that shit is easy when you compare it to welcoming in a two year old etc …

Zofloraqueen27 · 05/08/2022 21:25

I can hardly bear to tell you this “Mums”. I have three adult sons (all Grandpa ages 🙈) and I STILL worry about them. Someone mentioned sibling rivalry - you ain’t seen it yet believe me.

I’ve now reached the stage when I worry about them having heart attacks! Please don’t imagine I am one of those mothers of precious sons - so far from it I had them all signed up to the military once they reached 18! My old Grandma once told me when I was a harassed young mum of three boys under five - “You stop worrying about them the day you hear them screwing the lid down in your coffin” ……just sayin’ xx.

Ps one day you will look back at these times and fondly think they were the good old days.

ClareAbu · 05/08/2022 21:26

Menopause + teenage hormones; rage and indignation on a spectacular scale